Session: The Decade: Influential Events That Shape Our Future (Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections (March 18-22, 2010))

Monday, March 22, 2010: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Centennial Ballroom (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

CME Credits: 1

Type: Oral

Summary: This session will review some of the outbreak and non-outbreak events that have played a key role in shaping healthcare epidemiology over the past decade and will look ahead at the events that might shape the field in the next decade.

Learning Objectives:

Describe influential outbreaks of the past decade and their impact on healthcare epidemiology practice.
Identify key events and trends since 2000 that have influenced the field.
Evaluate some of the issues that are likely to influence healthcare epidemiology to 2020.

Moderators:

Denise Cardo, MD and Daniel Diekema, MD

10:30 AM

1036

Influential HAI Outbreaks of the Past Decade
Arjun Srinivasan, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

11:00 AM

1037

Events That Have Shaped Healthcare Epidemiology in the Past Decade
Neil Fishman, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

11:30 AM

1038

Healthcare Epidemiology - Looking Back, Moving Forward
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, Merck Vaccines, West Point, PA and Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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